Helping Relationships Flashcards

Alfred Adler's concept of 'social interest' (Gemeinschaftsgefühl) refers to:

Answer: An innate potential to cooperate and contribute to the welfare of others

Adler viewed social interest as a core indicator of psychological health — the capacity to identify with and contribute to the community.

A client repeatedly arrives late to sessions and 'forgets' homework. A psychodynamic counselor would most likely interpret this as:

Answer: Resistance

In psychodynamic theory, resistance refers to unconscious defenses that interfere with therapeutic progress.

The technique of 'scaling questions' is most associated with which therapeutic approach?

Answer: Solution-focused brief therapy

Solution-focused brief therapy uses scaling questions to help clients rate their progress and identify small steps toward goals.

In behavioral counseling, which technique pairs a relaxation response with a hierarchy of anxiety-provoking stimuli?

Answer: Systematic desensitization

Systematic desensitization, developed by Wolpe, gradually exposes clients to feared stimuli while maintaining relaxation to extinguish anxiety.

Which of the following best describes 'unconditional positive regard' in person-centered therapy?

Answer: Accepting the client fully without conditions or judgment

Unconditional positive regard means the counselor accepts and values the client as a person regardless of their behavior or statements.

Viktor Frankl's logotherapy is based on the premise that the primary human motivational force is:

Answer: The search for meaning

Frankl developed logotherapy after his Holocaust experience, proposing that finding meaning is the central human drive even in suffering.

When a counselor notices that a client's verbal and nonverbal messages are inconsistent and points this out, the counselor is using:

Answer: Confrontation

Confrontation involves bringing discrepancies, mixed messages, or incongruences in the client's communication to their attention.